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The Faculty of Sciences offers graduate programs on computer science, material science, astronomy, biology, earth science, ocean science, physics, mathematics, statistics & actuarial science, history and philosophy of science and science education, although most of these are run in collaboration
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The Faculty occupies various buildings: Buildings, "O" and "P", composed only of classrooms, in addition to four other buildings lodging the Faculty's respective departments and their faculty. The newer part of the complex consists of two buildings, one called
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The history of this faculty is rather different from that of other schools that have their origins in former national schools. The study plan for this faculty was initially given in the
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Due to the increasing number of students, the Faculty had to construct new buildings, conveniently located among the research science institutes of Mathematics, Biology and Physics.
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This faculty, along with Philosophy, is notable for its history of activism during the 1999 strike; these two faculties alone kept the strike going longer than any other school.
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It was not until 1933 that the majors of Physics and Mathematics were founded. Formerly, the faculty was located in a small building between the
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in Mexico City houses the largest collection of plant specimens in all of Latin America and is one of the 10 most active herbaria in the world.
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of the UNAM. The Biology major was the first one to have a structured study plan, originating around 1930.
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This area covers the bachelor's degree in Biology, Environmental Sciences, and currently researches over
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In recent years, an interdisciplinary extension of the Faculty was inaugurated in the port of
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which hosts various labs and research premises, as well as classrooms.
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This area currently offers bachelor's degrees in Applied Mathematics,
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The faculty is run by the Faculty Dean, currently Catalina Stern.
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with the nearby institutes, like Physics, Mathematics and
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Faculty of Sciences (UNAM)

Faculty
President
Undergraduates
Postgraduates
Mexico City
Mexico
Colors
www.fciencias.unam.mx
Spanish
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Faculty of Engineering
Philosophy Faculty
Faculty of Engineering
Medicine
Evolutionary Biology
Comparative Biology
Cell Biology
Ecology
Physics
Biomedical Physics
Earth Science
Mathematics
Computer Science
Actuarial Science
Ciudad Universitaria
Mexico City
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Administration

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